Die Marinedrohnen der Ukraine schießen auf die „Schattenflotte“ Russlands. Eine Sicherheitsquelle sagt, ein Tanker habe gerade einen schweren Treffer erlitten.

***From Business Insider’s Jake Epstein:***

Ukrainian forces used naval drones packed with explosives to attack an oil tanker identified as part of Russia’s „shadow fleet“ in the Black Sea on Wednesday, a security source told Business Insider.

The naval drone strike on the tanker, Dashan, marks the third such attack in less than two weeks as Ukraine ramps up its long-range strike campaign against Russia’s energy sector, increasingly gunning for ships at sea in addition to land-based oil facilities.

Sea Baby naval drones hit the tanker and caused „critical damage“ to the vessel, with early indications indicating that the strike completely disabled the vessel, the source in the Security Service of Ukraine, the country’s main internal security agency, revealed on Wednesday.

The SBU source, only authorized to speak anonymously to discuss sensitive military developments, said the Dashan was flying the Comoros flag and moving through Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone in the direction of Novorossiysk, a Russian port city and major oil terminal.

Publicly available ship-tracking data last showed the Dashan in the middle of the Black Sea.

The tanker was sailing at maximum speed with its transponder turned off, the security source said. They added that the attack was carried out in cooperation with the Ukrainian navy and shared footage captured by the Sea Baby drones showing multiple hits on the ship.

Several Western countries and the European Union have sanctioned the $30 million tanker, which has been used for Russian oil exports and is known to sail with its transponder switched off, Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence agency said.

Business Insider could not independently verify the extent of the damage. Russia’s defense ministry and its embassy in the US did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

[Read more about the successful attack on Russia’s „shadow fleet“ here.](https://www.businessinsider.com/ukrainian-naval-drones-struck-another-tanker-russian-shadow-fleet-2025-12?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=insider-ukrainewarvideoreport-sub-comment)

Take them all out!!!!

From the footage that was released just some moments ago, it was interesting to see how well those beasts hold up against the explosions. Probably it still helps weakening the shadow fleet, because at some point no one will be willing to transport Russian oil or the price for transport will rise in levels where Russia just can’t make money anymore. Ukraine’s making sure the sanctions work!